Dial-in server with FC

[M.Hockings]

Gavin Henry wrote:
> On Thursday 14 Jul 2005 23:50, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, M.Hockings wrote:
>>
>>>Gavin Henry wrote:
>>>
>>>>>So unless someone has a good idea how to get the modem in either of
>>>>>these boxes to talk with Linux I'm planning on rebooting the FC3 box
>>>>>into Windows and setting it up there.  Less reliable I know but I know
>>>>>it can talk to the modem.
>>>>>
>>>>>Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>BTW, as a reference I saw that a modem like the Intel one sells for $12
>>>>>with Windows drivers & extra goodies.
>>>>
>>>>Just grab a 3Com U.S Robotics 56K one off of ebay.
>>>>
>>>>If you can't find one. I'll sell you one for $18 (£10~) plus postage, as
>>>>we have around four sitting for the next server we setup for Out-Of-Band
>>>>access.
>>>
>>>Thanks for the offer Gavin, I appreciate it but I expect that this place
>>>would want to buy new.  On the bright side I think I may have found a
>>>Trendware external modem in the $40 price range.  In any case I have to
>>>put this on hold for a while and attend to some more pressing stuff right
>>>now.
>>>
>>>Would any of the internal USR modems be OK or just the external serial
>>>versions?
>>
>>i'd recommend using an external modem if this is going to be for a
>>server.  This way it will be guaranteed to work with linux, and you can
>>power cycle the modem without rebooting the server.  There are many things
>>you can do with mgetty, including incoming voice mail, fax, PPP, all on
>>the same phone line.
> 
> 
> 
> I agree. My earlier recommendation was purely due to the fact the the OP asked 
> for an internal modem.
> 
> Gavin.
> 

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the input.  I'm working on getting a 
modem stuffed into the next purchase cycle.

I do agree that technically an external modem may be a better choice but 
with an internal one has less connections (i.e., no power adapter that 
_someone_ will unplug to plug in a radio or some such) as is also a bit 
easier on the table/floor real estate.

Similarly the main FC1 server runs sans keyboard & mouse so that someone 
can't just "take a look" and mess things up.

While I'm waiting for a "real" modem I'll still tinker with the two 
internal modems in my free time (ha ha) as it somewhat bothers me that a 
seasoned "computer professional" like myself can't get a driver to build 
and run correctly on Linux.

Mike